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In this highly acclaimed revision, grammatical descriptions and teaching suggestions are organized into sections dealing with Form, Meaning, and Use. The Grammar Book, 2/e helps teachers and future teachers grasp the linguistic system and details of English grammar, providing more information on how structures are used at the discourse level.

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Marianne Celce-Murcia (Ph.D. in Linguistics, 1972) is Professor Emerita of Applied Linguistics and TESL at the University of California, Los Angeles, where for 30 years she taught primarily graduate students, preparing to be language teachers and researchers. Beyond her work at UCLA, she taught in and administered English language programs in Nigeria (l964-66), Egypt (Fall, 1980), Canada (Summer, 1983), and Armenia (2003-2007). She has lectured and led workshops all over the U.S. and in many other countries as well. In addition to her co-authorship (with Diane Larsen-Freeman) on the three editions of the Grammar Book, she is co-editor (with Donna Brinton and Ann Snow) of the 4th edition of Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language (2014) and series co-editor (with Maggie Sokolik) of the five-volume, content-based Grammar Connection series (2008-2009), all with Cengage Learning, who (as Heinle & Heinle) presented her with their Life-time Achievement Award in 1997. At UCLA Marianne was honored for distinguished teaching both as a graduate student (l964) and as a professor (1976).

Diane Larsen-Freeman is Professor of Education, Professor of Linguistics, and Director of the English Language Institute at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is also a Distinguished Senior Faculty Fellow at the School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont. Dr. Larsen-Freeman has been a conference speaker in over 50 countries of the world and has published over 100 articles in her areas of interest. Her Thomson/Heinle books include The Grammar Book: An ESL/EFL Teacher's Course (1999; co-authored with Marianne Celce-Murcia), From Grammar to Grammaring (2003) and the fourth edition of Grammar Dimensions: Form, Meaning, and Use (forthcoming, Series Director). From 1980-1985, Dr. Larsen-Freeman was Editor of the journal Language Learning. In 1997, Dr. Larsen-Freeman was inducted into the Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1999, she was selected by ESL Magazine as one of "the ESL pioneers". In 2000, she received the lifetime achievement award from Heinle & Heinle Publishers.

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Anonymous

Posted December 12, 2004

Incredibly Helpful

This book is unbelievably comprehensive, and something no English teacher or student should be without. I don't think there's a credible aspect of English grammar that isn't covered in this book. I have given the second edition four stars due to the fact that several of my classmates have found rather important typographical errors that could throw an unaware reader off track. Looking forward to the third edition having corrections.

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